LaGuardia Community College hosted a workshop on Ikebana (flower arrangement) by Mr. Hiroki Ohara, the headmaster of the Ohara School, on Thursday March 6, 2014.

The Ohara School is one of the three largest contemporary ikebana schools – Ikenobo, Ohara, and Sogetsu. The Ohara school has 56 Chapters and 34 Study Groups organized out of 29 countries, including the U.S., as of December 2012.

The workshop followed by a Q&A session, in which LaGuardia students in the Japan Studies Program asked about the practice and history of Ikebana both in and outside of Japan.

For more information about Japan-related events at LaGuardia Community College, visit https://t-nagano.com/projects/JapaneseProgram/index.html#events.